Hey Orson Scott Card, fuck you

Fifthfiend · 11-25-2008, 02:55 PM

http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780765304964-0

9:1 he turns Ender into a Space Mormon and has him murder a bunch of suspiciously liberal (totalitarian liberal!) aliens.

I wonder if there's a way to get a legal injunction against him doing sequels to the books he wrote before he went all bugfuck-crazy.

Mirai Gen · 11-25-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

I wonder if there's a way to get a legal injunction against him doing sequels to the books he wrote before he went all bugfuck-crazy.

We couldn't do it to George Lucas, I don't see why we could do it now.

Kaneda · 11-25-2008, 03:08 PM

Maybe he could go back to his beloved roots of

1. Aliens kill people
2. Oh noez!
3. Ender realizes it's just a misunderstanding
4. ????
5. HUGO!!!

To be fair to bugfuck-crazy OSC, I thought his Bean books were pretty good when I read them, which was admittedly a while ago.

Kerensky287 · 11-25-2008, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaneda

To be fair to bugfuck-crazy OSC, I thought his Bean books were pretty good when I read them, which was admittedly a while ago.

Same situation here, though I also really enjoyed Invasive Procedures.

I would consider picking this up except I really, really didn't like the Ender sequels. There was... umm, a distinct lack of sense being made. Like... apparently they managed to stick a super-powerful computer into the minds of a forest of trees, making it super-powerful enough to teleport any ship anywhere in the universe. Something just strikes me as wrong there.

Aanaren · 11-25-2008, 03:54 PM

Well I guess on the plus side its not a horror novel. I read Homebody (http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780061093999-2) and figured out the end with a few chapters left to go. I was disappointed, to say the least, that it was so predictable.

The Wizard Who Did It · 11-25-2008, 03:57 PM

Um... I liked Speaker for the Dead, and the Ender's Shadow series. >.>

Just saying. 6 out of 8 ain't bad.

I mean, trying to get in between two of my favorite books and what happened between them doesn't seem bad.

Kaneda · 11-25-2008, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Kerensky287

I would consider picking this up except I really, really didn't like the Ender sequels.

I liked Speaker for the Dead. I'm cool with the fantasy game evolving into a sentient being, but then when it starts somehow teleporting matter all over the universe and somehow manifesting Ender's personality into real physical people and whatheffffffffuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkk.
I'm pretty sure he must have stuck his batshit mormonism somewhere in there as well.

Also I firmly believe that I don't have to read Empire to hate it.

Fifthfiend · 11-25-2008, 04:03 PM

The thing is that he did all those before he wrote http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Science...646744&sr=8-21

And the Ender's Shadow books were great right up until the one where Petra and Bean say the words "making babies" like eleventy billion times.

Mondt · 11-25-2008, 10:23 PM

Ender's Game: Favorite Book.

Children of the Mind: Fuck the world I'm committing suicide.

Speaker for the Dead: Pretty interesting.

So, we have a sort of continuum.

Ender's Game | ++++o+++++++++++++++++++++++++++| Children of the Mind

The o is where the potential of this book can go.

Can go.

Probably wont'.

Fuck you, CotM.

Irigriel · 11-25-2008, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Kaneda

I liked Speaker for the Dead. I'm cool with the fantasy game evolving into a sentient being, but then when it starts somehow teleporting matter all over the universe and somehow manifesting Ender's personality into real physical people and whatheffffffffuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkk.
I'm pretty sure he must have stuck his batshit mormonism somewhere in there as well.

Also I firmly believe that I don't have to read Empire to hate it.

Dude, you've complained about Mormonism in two threads now. Lay off the Mormon bashing, please.

As for Ender's Game, never read any of them. Heard the first one's the best, though.

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Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	Hey Orson Scott Card, fuck you http://www.powells.com/biblio/1-9780765304964-0 9:1 he turns Ender into a Space Mormon and has him murder a bunch of suspiciously liberal (totalitarian liberal!) aliens. I wonder if there's a way to get a legal injunction against him doing sequels to the books he wrote before he went all bugfuck-crazy. __________________ check out my buttspresso

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Kaneda Pitch black and covered in soot. Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bennington, Vermont Posts: 729	Maybe he could go back to his beloved roots of 1. Aliens kill people 2. Oh noez! 3. Ender realizes it's just a misunderstanding 4. ???? 5. HUGO!!! To be fair to bugfuck-crazy OSC, I thought his Bean books were pretty good when I read them, which was admittedly a while ago. Last edited by Kaneda; 11-25-2008 at 03:18 PM.

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The Wizard Who Did It The End of Evolution Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Some call it hell; I call it home. Posts: 1,822	Um... I liked Speaker for the Dead, and the Ender's Shadow series. >.> Just saying. 6 out of 8 ain't bad. I mean, trying to get in between two of my favorite books and what happened between them doesn't seem bad. __________________ And this world's smartest man means no more to me than does its smartest termite. ~Dr. Manhattan

11-25-2008, 04:03 PM	#8
Fifthfiend for all seasons Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 19,409	The thing is that he did all those before he wrote http://www.amazon.com/Empire-Science...646744&sr=8-21 And the Ender's Shadow books were great right up until the one where Petra and Bean say the words "making babies" like eleventy billion times. __________________ check out my buttspresso